Allison Zeithammer, Multimedia Journalist

Allison Zeithammer joined the ABC57 news team in May 2020 as a Multimedia Journalist.
Allison is born and raised in South Bend, Indiana and is excited to be reporting in her home town! She went to Clay High School in South Bend, where she was heavily involved with interactive media classes and became a Friday Anchor for the schools’ small morning news show. Her experiences at Clay is where she found her passion for television news and reporting.
Allison took that passion and brought it with her to college. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2020 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. During her time at IU, she was a reporter, anchor and social media manager for the schools student-run television station, IUSTV, where she volunteered every single week to tell Bloomington and campus stories. Allison also reported and anchored for IU NewsNet, another student-run television show. Her most memorable moment reporting at IU was going live multiple times during the Indiana University Dance Marathon, a 36-hour long marathon raising money for pediatric care.
Allison interned at ABC57 in the summer of 2019, where she developed a deeper love for journalism while shadowing and helping reporters and anchors daily. She also was an intern at WTIU/WFIU, a PBS station in Bloomington where she was an education reporter for both TV and radio. Her most memorable moment was producing a state-wide radio piece on the Red-For-Ed Rally in Indianapolis.
In her free time, Allison enjoys spending time with her family, friends and her two feline fur-children Bonnie and Clyde. Allison is also a huge movie connoisseur, so if she’s not with her loved ones, you more than likely can find her at the movie theater with a large popcorn and ICEE, or at the mall busting her budget.
Allison is dedicated her city, who strives to create meaningful stories to you! Do you have a story idea or tip? You can reach Allison through Twitter, Facebook or email.
Articles by Allison Zeithammer
- Sheriff's office launches new app to communicate with public
- Election Day: Four candidates on ballot for St. Joseph County Commissioner's race
- Health officials concerned about potential COVID cases
- Local entrepreneurs compete in IDEA Week
- Iconic board game comes to life with balloons
- Local doctor shares experience helping in Ukraine
- April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Transgender resource center offering safe space for all
- Local church opening its doors to two other congregations
- Community celebrates local veteran on 100th birthday
- Coffee company brewing up inclusion and strong relationships
- Local doctors travel to Ukraine to help those in need
- Martial Arts gym working to combat bullying
- Hearing for man convicted in 1989 murders; hoping for new trial
- John Schultz IV sentenced for school shooting plot
- Camp Millhouse prepping for more renovations
- How did Crimea change after 2014 Russian invasion?
- Debunking myths about conflict in Ukraine
- Glenn Wheet trial getting underway today
- Local nonprofit feeling the impacts of inflation
- "Girls on the Run" getting ready to welcome new group
- COVID cases and hospitalizations steadily going down
- Friends turn dream into reality with new shoe store
- Group kicks off Week of Action, pushing for change to license laws
- Spectrum Health Lakeland holding virtual interviews Tuesday
- Investigation underway after deadly police-involved shooting at Village Green
- Voting initiative pushes for more secure elections
- Wintry weather conditions in St. Joseph County
- New program to install more solar panels in the community
- Website launching for Americans to order COVID-19 at-home tests
- South Bend's Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center kick-starting renovations
- Pre-holiday vs. current COVID-19 case numbers
- Police identify victims killed in South Bend shooting
- Police investigating shooting at Red Roof Inn
- A new South Bend foundation honoring the life of Chrisyah Stephens
- A Rosie Place bringing holiday cheer to medically fragile children
- Parents of alleged Oxford High School shooter in custody
- Potawatomi Zoo looking at new possible expansions
- DTSB ready to celebrate the holidays with Santa visits
- Salvation Army kicks off holiday charities
- St. Joseph Public Library reopens
- Seed to Feed celebrating 10 years in the community
- New initiative educating Elkhart community about immunizations and vaccines
- Local lawmakers react to infrastructure bill vote
- Tailgate Traditions: Notre Dame vs. Navy
- Multiple races happening this Election Day in Michiana
- Ribbon cutting for new Frank King Training and Equipping Center
- Salvation Army looking for help with holiday campaign
- Rain showers causing some flooding throughout Michiana
- School board approves budget plan for 2021-2022 school year
- Home school program offers expanded learning for students
- Early voting for Concord Community School's referendum kicks off
- Construction is complete for the new Elkhart High School
- ABC57 Kickoff Tailgating Traditions: Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati
- Staff shortage and demand for childcare services forces Boys and Girls Clubs to create waitlist
- United Way breaking ground on a new neighborhood project
- Habitat for Humanity building homes for Michiana families
- South Bend Clinic chosen for new RSV vaccine trial
- Solar panel startup business transitioning into factory
- St. Patrick's County Park remembering 9/11 victims
- Activists holding panel on public safety in schools
- Extended weekend travel numbers similar to 2020 holiday
- Michiana mom's leg amputated after hit-and-run
- Berrien County Health Department mandates masks in schools
- Missing 14-year-old girl found in Florida
- Michiana boy with cancer not admitted to hospital right away
- Elkhart Community Schools implement mask mandate
- Firefighter suspended after outburst was caught on camera
- Search continues for missing 11-month-old Mercedes Lain
- Afghanistan war veteran reacts to Kabul chaos
- Backlash over Community Police Review Board Legislation
- Woman charged in brutal murder
- PHM Superintendent clarifies stance on Critical Race Theory
- Woman caught on camera throwing things in McDonald's drive-thru
- Neighbors react after two men found dead in home
- Officials warning about fake job listings
- Mayor calls for community police review board director to resign
- Streetscape project revamping city's West side
- Family seeking justice in deadly abuse case
- Severe storm damages areas across St. Joseph County